Smarter Education: The Rise Of Big Data In The Classroom

WochitSep. 04, 2014. 07:43 AM EST

According to the Associated Press, about 1,700 schools nationwide can be deemed "dropout factorie...
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According to the Associated Press, about 1,700 schools nationwide can be deemed "dropout factories," which essentially means their senior class has 60% or less of the students who started there as freshmen. And every 26 seconds, a student in America drops out of high school, or in other words, 7,000 a day. Education technology companies are leveraging big data to improve classroom engagement and make learning more effective.
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